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italy's former prime minister begins the community service. ♪ the past few months have been brutal for people living in south sudan, several massacres and entire towns burned to the ground. but now the president and his rival and former deputy are to meet for the first time since the fighting began. battles erupted in december after the president sacked mashir and the army split into factions and putting the tribe against the people. much of the violence has been along ethnic lines and thousands of people have been killed in

fighting and more than a million people have been displaced. well, this meeting is taking place in the capitol and mohamed our correspondent is there following all the developments and we understand all the parties are there but the face-to-face meetings still has not happened yet. >> no, they have not, laura. there is right now what is going on is consultation between the two leaders and the prime minister and this is happening separately. right now he is meeting with the president, the president of south sudan and a little later he will meet with the former deputy and opponent and these consultations will continue until later in the day when mediators expect to bring the

two men together into one room and for them to have this and the issue is for how long. they can't tell that at the moment but the plan is for later in the day to meet and talk about not only how to end the conflict but also how to come together in a government, a transitional government which would be tied with responsibility of drafting a new constitution for south sudan and leading them out right now. >> and back in december, just remind us how it all kicked off. well laura as you say kicked off in december, late december, fighting started in the capitol duba and members of the presidential gird, an army split into factions on ethnic lines between the dinka tribe and the other tribe. the blood letting has also been

sectarian in nature. in one incident 300 men were rounded up and killed. when rebels initially took the town on the capitol of the jungle state more than 300 civilians mostly women and children died while trying to flee the violence. the u.n. says a fifth of the country has been destroyed in fighting and widespread killings and looting throughout the state and in the unity state fighting which began in the barrix quickly spilled into civilian neighborhoods and they have been targeted here. >> mohamed, we have been hearing from the u.n. as well yesterday and it released a report saying crimes against humanity had been committed on both sides and makes for some pretty tough reading.

the time though is pressing, isn't it, because not only have we got the fighting on going, there is a looming threat of famine hanging over the country. >> indeed and when people these days talk about south sudan they talk about refers about the catastrophe has not happened in this region and the either with farmers uprooted from their farms and people not having enough to eat and also south sudan having not good infrastructure and delivering aid to the people has been a very difficult task. they also talk about south sudan in relation to an incident that happened in ruwanda 20 years ago and a general site where members

of the tutsi tribe were killed in the hundreds of thousands by their hutu and neighbors and the issue now is the fear that what is happening in south sudan could lead to something similar to what happened in ruwanda with the u.s. secretary of state john kerry sounding out. there is a lot of fear the issue could generate into something worse than it is right now and the mediators and regional leaders are all in a race against time not only to talk about the famine but the killings consuming more life than they already have. >> thank you for that as we expect that face-to-face meeting between south sudan president and the rival the ex deputy leader. now, it's been three weeks since more than 270 girls were

abducted from their school in nigeria but boko haram. the u.n. says it will send a high level envoy to nigeria to discuss ways to help abuja to deal with security challenges. >> the basic terms of what this representative would do are still being worked on. ultimately it would include ways of strengthening cooperation on issues of counter terrorism and issues of human rights but beyond that it's a work in progress. >> russia is celebrating victory day to remember beating the nazis in 1945 in the second world war. now this parade has been taking place in moscow's red square. president vladimir putin addressed the crowd and ukraine

is also included and a national day in ukraine and it was once part of the soviet union under the nazi op -- occupation but it is scaled back and here is some of putin's address in the capitol. >> translator: this is a day of national triumph, national pride, it's a day of grief and eternal memory. this is a festival that praises the invisible power of patriotism when we feel particularly sharply of what it means to be faithful to the mother land and how important it is to be able to stand for its interests. >> and our correspondent in moscow is now live from there, fred this is a huge day for russia, give us a sense of the true significance of it for russians. >> well, this is the key holiday on the russian calendar and aside from women's day it is the

only former soviet holiday that enjoys pretty much universal support here in russia. it is intensely emotional even now, almost 70 years later, every single family in this country had somebody, a grandfather or an ancestor who perished in the war and they all remember them. on a day like this it's almost as if the war ended yesterday. and of course today there was a parade. it was bigger than usual. but certainly it was all about that. it was about the anniversary and the significance, but the sub text was really all about the present crisis. the first vehicle that came across red square carried the flag of crimea and although putin did not mention crimea in his address to the people, he

spoke about the war, but he also kept referring to how we must not break faith with the people of the past, how russia will continue to stand for those same ideals that were not so subtle references to how russia has to stand up now. >> and interestingly we are hearing the possibility that putin may make some triumphant appliance in crimea which of course moscow recently annexed, what are you hearing there about the chances of that actually taking place? >> well, there is no confirmation of it. it would be a putin thing to do and we will know soon because it's like a two-hour flight from moscow to sinthronopol so if he is going he should turn up there soon and we will know. but probably it would be intensely a popular thing for him to do. he would also be making his

point very clear and explicit. crimea is russian. it's ours now and this is where we stand. >> it would be a very bold move indeed and we will keep a close eye on that potential visit and fred we have many thanks for joining us there from moscow. >> pro-russia activists in eastern ukraine are prepared for a referendum but putin to delay the vote which is due to take place on sunday. and we report from donsk where the activists denounced their decision. >> reporter: the separatists of eastern ukraine may do what the president urged them to do postpone referendum and negotiate with the government but citing a unanimous vote of the council of the people republic of dansk they said the referendum would go ahead. >> translator: we don't have direct contact with putin and we

heard about it through the media and he will find out about our decision in the same way. >> reporter: in the people's republic announced they would do like wide and in the separatist stronghold of slovonsk the forces to dislodge pro-russian groups the message was that here too they are ready for sunday's vote. >> translator: the majority of the region and of the city will vote positively. i know this because i talked to local citizens and all sectors of the population, everybody supports us and everybody wants a better future. >> reporter: and with that in the corners of occupied eastern ukraine president putin's intervention was comprehensively dismissed. >> translator: i can only expect and i think all the cities in donsk agree with us, a separation from ukraine for our own independent donsk people's republic.

>> translator: we are oriented to european policies but not to europe and roots of most of the people here are deeply in russia. >> with soviet music blaring out across the square this is the local administration building in donsk and has been occupied by representatives of the people's republic and after sunday's vote many here hope it will become the seat of an autonomous government. and the hopes suddenly raised by president putin on wednesday of a resolution to this crisis in ukraine appear to be unfounded and i'm with al jazeera donsk. protesters converged on tie land capitol to over throw the caretaker government and police fired tear gas as demonstrators tried to force their way this a compound and we report from bangkok. >> reporter: the main leader of the anti-government movement has called in the final push.

he said this before and the tactics are the same. he has urged supporters to march on various sites in the city, parliament, prime minister offices and several television station stations. >> translator: i'm here to kick them all out because the cabinet ministers are still here, i want them all gone. >> reporter: the protest has been largely peaceful. although police fired tear gas as a group who were trying to force their way into a government compound in north bangkok. a court recently forced shinwat to step down as prime minister after being found guilty of abuse of power and one deputy replaced her as interim leader and protesters see him as a proxy and the brother and a former person ousted in the coup in 2006. they have been holding demonstrations in the capitol for the past six months. bangkok's largest park has been

turned into a camp, home to protesters from all over the country. some of the protesters have been camping here since early this year. many say they will stay for as long as it takes until they see a change in government. the caretaker government wants to hold elections in july. parties allied to them easily won elections since 2001 largely because of the populus policies and polls will not solve the political crisis. >> translator: we will be the same thing. >> reporter: they want to put in place an unelected government who will be entrusted with reforms before elections are held. pro-government supporters say that is undemocratic and will hold a counter rally on saturday raising the stakes in thailand's power play, i'm in bangkok. >> plenty more to come on the al

jazeera news hour including the u.s. closing its embassy in yemen over security fears and scramble for aid in afghanistan by those displaced in a land slide and in sport hard hats fill the order of the day and the brazilian president at this world cup venue. ♪ the former italian prime minister has the first day of community service an ordered to work once a week for a year in a place for alzheimer's patients and he was sentenced for tax fraud but the sentence was reduced to community service and we are now live in milan, and what is he doing? >> reporter: would he arrived at

the home of the elderly on the outskirts of milan in the car behind me and the security guards for once had to wait outside and he lives a half an hour from year but this is light years away from the world he is used to. of course he will have to care for the elderly affected by alzheimer. but on his arrival here he did not get what you call a warm welcoming. >> translator: i'm a volunteer at the institution. i feel all this hype about the arrival is far too exaggerated. he is not coming here because he wants to help the people affected by alzheimer's disease, he is here because he has been forced to come. >> translator: i think it's a big farce and shouldn't receive attention and publicity and police to guaranty order and wasted energy. we could have lived without this. >> reporter: a year is a long time for him to be doing this

and i'm sure he is not happy and when it's over can he go away and enjoy his life in peace? >> reporter: well, not really because he has all their trials on going and he was sentenced to seven more years in prison in a separate trial. of course while he is accused of having had sex with the so called ruby the heart stealer when she was under age and of course that is still going through the appeal. but if he is found guilty in the appeal as well and upheld by the constitutional court then he may see more trouble ahead. >> okay, we are live from milan and this is the first day of community service and thank you. syria's government back in control of homs after three years battling with rebels and hundreds of opposition fighters left the city and allowed to withdraw after u.n. brokered agreement and we are in beirut in neighboring lebanon.

>> reporter: army soldiers fan out if the central city of homs after they left their stronghold. it took three years for the syrian army to regain control over syria's third largest city. fierce battled fought here and the devastation is everywhere. many lives lost in the fighting. government officials destroyed neighborhoods and promised reconstruction. >> translator: this agreement is a milestone in the history of syria. we pray to god that homs will be the cause of the solution as it was the cause of the crisis in the first place, we hope all will come back. >> reporter: this was a deal bro broke -- brokered by the iran ambassador with a nice exit and they took control of what was considered the call capitol of the revolution. in return the rebels freed pro-government hostages they had

held for moves. the rebels reach the villain president assad. >> translator: there is complete respect for the cease fire according to the agreement between both parties and there is a real ease by god and syrians to try to reach their goals. >> reporter: for president assad supporters this is a victory, a success in government efforts to extend its authority to areas held by the rebels ahead of presidential elections on june third. the deal will also allow the government to redirect its troops to other flash points like aleppo where they blew up the carrollton hotel on thursday morning and it's reported that the hotel was an army base. and it was once considered the most rebellious city and it's a maj major up set to lose it but they

will retake it. homs was implemented on the ground away from political negotiations between the government and the opposition, building on his military advances on the ground president assad is hoping to regain control all over the country with similar deals in the major hot spots and without having to pay political concession for it. i'm with al jazeera beirut. >> in egypt antikroo demonstrations are taking place in towns and cities and alleged police abuses and up coming presidential elections and most demonstrations and supporters ousted president mohamed morsi and it is in giza and others. three al jazeera english journalist held in egyptian prison for 132 days, greste and

bahmy and mohamed are accused of conspireing with the muslim brotherhood and considered a terrorist organization in egypt and then he has been on hunger strike for 109 days and al jazeera denies charges and demands their immediate release. yemen forces say they captured a native al-qaeda stronghold in the province and taken back following a ten day offensive against suspected fighters and the u.s. shocked the embassy from where we report. >> reporter: the u.s. embassy expands its operation in yemen, it's a precaution measure amid growing fears of attacks by al-qaeda militants. security is very tight here. the u.s. plays an active role in yemen which set up the drone

attacks. al-qaeda has many times promised to hit back. >> the drones are very counter productive in that they clear to backlash against the government, against the ethnicity of the government and of against americans. >> reporter: the u.s. drones remain the most effective weapon against al-qaeda senior members and while they have killed a few of them, many remain at large including this man, al-qaeda's leader. but it stopped military commander ramini but this is the man topping the c.i.a. capture and kill list, al-qaeda bomb maker is thought to be able to design nearly undetectable bombs. >> translator: if these leaders get captured or killed that will be a severe blow to al-qaeda.

will the group disintegrate? no, i do not think it will happen. >> reporter: there is fighting here and al-qaeda strongholds where yemen army said it made significant gains but the where about al-qaeda leaders remain unknown. the u.s. will continue drone attacks against the most wanted target in yemen but it's a fight many say will take years. al-qaeda may lose ground in this war but still could regroup in the mountains and rebuild the support network among the tribes and religious communities. >> let's take a look at all the weather and here's stef and i gather you will will looking at hong kong and southeast china region >> the wet season has definitely started now. if we look at the satellite picture we can see the bright white area of cloud here that balloons and tries to work its way to the east but only to be

replenished by yet more cloud. that is giving us a fantastic amount of rain and it's wet there. these are pictures from today and at hong kong you see the lights there and it looks like it's nighttime but that is because it's so gray and so very wet. the amount of rain is 81 millimeters of rain but not too far away, a little further to the east we have seen 180 millimeters of rain. that is a staggering amount of wet weather to get in just 24 hours and easily to give us a problem with flooding and there is going to be yet more wet weather through the next few days and again it's going to be very heavy and in some cases prolonged as well. for saturday then you see a huge great big area of blue here but the heavier rain is where the darker colors are in the south and rounds hong kong area and just to the west and that is where we will see some worst weather on saturday. and on sunday there is still no let up and you can see the winds

feeding in on the moisture and this time it spreads all the way up to shanghai. >> reporter: thanks very much and we are seeing a lot of rain in northeastern afghanistan. and that has made conditions worse for the survivors of last week's landslide, at least 250 people killed and thousands more displaced and we report from the province where aid efforts are falling short. >> reporter: they have been sitting here for hours. waiting for something to eat. this food has been supplied by supporters of the country's leading presidential candidate abdulla-abdulla and they try to distribute the meals in orderly way but as is the case scuffles quickly broke out as people pushed their way to the front. the desperation is easy to see. many people here have not had a hot meal in days and are worried the food will run out before

they can get something to eat. over seeing the delivery of this aid is a member of parliament. she tells us the government is doing its best. >> we understand it's very difficult but we would like to bring and establish and we will be here more days to try to improve the system and there is a distribution company who will distribute the food to the most needy people. >> reporter: the chaos continued as more people forced their way forward. but not everyone here looking for food is directly effected by the landslide. many have come from neighboring villages people like ally and he is an opportunity aid seeker and someone who came to the argo district knowing supplies are available and taking whatever he can get. >> translator: i'm poor. these people who suffered in the atlanta slide are my brothers but i need help too.

>> reporter: so called aid seekers are partially to blame for the chaos that surrounds the delivery of supplies. organizers often provoke anger for distribution because they have no idea who is in need. the sad reality of the poor and under developed region is that most people are. i'm with al jazeera, northeastern afghanistan. >> do stay with us, ahead on the news hour. ♪ singing to china's tune, beijing's on display in kenya as they visit the region. and caught in conflict thousands from one of philippines largest tribes are displaced from their homes. and in sport find out who is the hottest new name in the nfl following thursday night's surprising draft. ♪

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tv and internet together like never before. ♪ hello again the top stories this hour on al jazeera, south sudan leader is due to meet the p for the first time since fighting began in december. they will meet in the ethiopian capitol. anti-government protesters marched through the tie capitol bangkok to push the over throw of the government and forced them to resign. and russia is celebrating the annual victory day parade marking defeat in the second

world war and they are honoring the war dead. and we are getting reports of violence between ukrainian troops and separatists in mar i pol in eastern ukraine. here are some latest pictures we have been seeing from the area. this fighting is believed to be taking place at police headquarters which the pro-russia group has seized. russia media is reporting that eight people are dead and many more are injured. police have been trying to wrestle back control of the building. they then came under fire from pro-russian fighters. schools across much of northeastern nigeria borno are closed due to violence from boko haram. more than 270 school girls are still missing three weeks after being abducted by members of the group. the girls were kidnapped from a

northeastern state of borno and there is this update. >> reporter: basic high schools remain shut except for students sitting for final examinations and this is happening at a time when schools in other parts of nigeria reopened for the current academic calendar and these schools and it was evidence that boko haram was stepping up attacks on public schools in both borno state and the worst student massacres happened there. and structures, several schools have been burned down by boko haram fighters who are against education and anything western and schools burned down by these attackers in the borno state rehabilitated by the state government and the same fighters went back to the schools and burned them again and this is making parents more and more afraid and skeptical about the future and safety of their children in such institutions of learning and they demanded more security, some security has been

posted to some of the schools but yet the attacks still continue. >> the chinese say beijing will build across africa and we are in angola on a tour and will promote stability and china signed a $13 billion contract in nigeria to build new rail way networks and more than $2 billion for a power plant and cole mines in zimbabwai to ease power sources and they had $5 billion for a rail way and energy project and we have more from nie robe -- nairobi which is the last stop. >> reporter: they are preparing to perform for china prime

minister. after years of studying the language they hope to turn their hard work into jobs with chinese companies based in kenya. >> this is one of the good opportunities we have to get to korea and employ people and i'm excited. >> reporter: their teacher is excited too. >> we encourage them to go to china and come back before they realize there are so many opportunities for them and we have so many companies being established here in kenya and realize that the chinese people want local people who can speak their language. >> reporter: many students at nairobi university say their economic future tied to china. the place where young kenyans come to learn mandarin are not one or two classrooms here, it's an entire institute. all of the classrooms are labeled in chinese and a lot of evidence of chinese culture in these corridors but on the

stairway it's a clear indicator why young people want to learn mandarian and there are photos of people in china selling their products. china has been building ties across africa for years with deals in mining, construction and trade. china has been building its soft power with media out lets across the continent. but they have to stay with multiple countries. >> the multi approach to engaging other countries is that it gives the businesses and the relationship, the kind of, what do you call, the cushioning in case things go bad. >> but for a new generation of kenya professionals their dreams are in the east. jane ferguson, al jazeera

nairobi. >> and we have a consultant and public affairs government and he is live from nairobi and thank you for being us with and there is no doubt that china brings massive construction projects to africa and does help to improve infrastructure but what strings are attached to the deals? >> reporter: there is a good risk in how chinese do their business in africa. and the risks are that there is no or nothing against corruption and china is not known for promoting democracy, it's not something they promote internally in their country and are not likely to promote it in africa. and specifically in kenya the one of the projects that they have brought in is the standard gauge real way and there is no economic rationale for abandoning our meter gauge to go

to standard gauge and except for the money bags that china will bring. we in kenya in particular and africa in general need to be careful how we evaluate the generosity, so called generosity from china. >> it brings bags of money, all these projects to africa, is there a concern that it then under mines work that other countries are trying to do, and they are of course offering other projects but it comes attacked to demands to improve human rights and environmental issues. >> that is correct but i don't think the chinese are going to be bothering to attach any of the conditions to whatever loans or monies or projects they fund. they are focused on economic gain on their part and we are the ones that is responsible for ensuring that first we take advantage of the new global

political institution, we also are careful not to abandon the most fundamental social values that we hold dear like democracy and anticorruption. >> very interesting subs indeed and we have to end it there today but thanks very much for joining us. the philippines military offensive against separatist groups in the south has to face thousands of members of one of the country east last tribes. >> reporter: these are one of the last remaining indig -- indiginous tribes and they are homeless and driven from their homes after the philippine military launched an offensive against communist rebels believed to be hiding in their area. a thousand people are forced to

live in evacuation camps and they are angry. >> translator: military should leave the villages and no communists here, we are not communi communists and we want to go home and plow the fields and swim in our rivers. >> reporter: the conflict in the philippines is one of the world's longest running, tens of thousands of civilians have been killed in decades of fighting. over the years the group set up political parties in congress. engaging in peace talks with previous governments. but these have largely failed. in 2010 the president renewed talks. but a break down of negotiations led to more fighting. the military denies it has caused most of the displacement of villagers here and says although offensive against communist rebels in the area it's on going, the priority has always been to secure the communities.

and estimated 5,000 communist fighters remain active across the country despite continued military offensives the group is recruiting in communities like this one where people are poor and largely neglected. >> translator: we have been operating here for so long and we never had such mass evacuation and somebody encouraged them to leave and the rebels have very strong influence on them. >> reporter: here people say they should not be caught up with a conflict they have little to do with. >> we have a facility in the land and quite quickly because the longer they are displaced the longer they are vulnerable to ritual. >> reporter: for generations they have become casualties and they say what they want is to be able to live in peace. i'm with al jazeera, southern philippines. >> still to come here on this

program, stand down, mexico is battling drug cartels in the west are joining a new police force. >> no one wants to help him. he is pushing just like this. >> reporter: in sport we will be hearing from the world champion athlete who is struggling to find a sponsor. ♪ justice really for all?

♪ vigilantes are being asked to put their guns away and join a new official police force that

follows more than a year-long fight by the so called self-defense unit against drug cartels and adam reports. >> reporter: slugs shot, collected and saved all part of an official gun registration and vigilantes in a war against one of mexico's cartels but now they largely disappeared, the government is telling the vigilantes to stand down. >> translator: once registered they can keep their guns but starting this saturday they can no longer patrol a so called self-defense units and they have to be folded into a new police force. >> translator: we are going to keep working as rural police, as rural defense fores. we are the people in uniforms. >> reporter: anyone patrolling without official authority after saturday will be arrested. >> translator: for may 11 any

self-defense member carrying a gun and patrolling and trying to rid the streets of criminals in their own without being in an official uniform or without the authority from the state will be detained. >> reporter: some self-defense units are weary of disarming especially in light of reports that a new cartel is forming from the ashes of the knight's templar and they were in an open war involving the cartel, vigilantes and security forces and some called it a failed state. , fearing to lose their guns they have chosen to follow the government's plan. after operating outside the law they are putting their faith in it. scenes of trust between the army and the vigilantes was unthinkable just months ago. steps away from the registration vigilantes are sitting for competency tests for the new force and more than 2000 have already applied. >> translator: this is a battle that neither the governor we in

the movement can carry out alone but together we can both fight organized crime. >> a sense of growing faith in an increasingly present government, a government for years was absent from this violent corner of mexico, i'm with al jazeera in mexico. >> reporter: bus drivers in brazil have gone on a nationwide strike leaving over 2 million people struggling to get about. transporters say up to 9,000 bus routes have been effected in the city on thursday. people lined up at bus stops waiting for legal transport companies to take them to work. and they are on the buses everyday. >> translator: people are asking for better conditions but the companies are not working on that. so the only solution people see to get out of this situation is to strike, to see if the government does something. >> with more brazil woes, here we have the sports. >> thank you so much, with just over a month to go until the

football world cup starts another worker killed in brazil at the stadium and that news coming as brazil's president has officially attended the opening of south palo football stadium and gabrielle reports. >> reporter: it was a day for smiles in the football stadium where the president was for an official opening but this was an inauguration in name only. the eyes of the football world will be on the stadium for the opening match of the world cup between brazil and croatia in 65 days and the venue and the cost went to $500 million and it has a pitch for international matches and look closely and there is little about the spotlight that is about to be shown upon it. heavy machinery used to lift seating in the place. much of the interior work is close to being done. a construction worker securerys

about. it's outside the stadium where you can see how much work needs to be done to be word cup ready and people look at scenes like this and say the stadium will get done. others say it's going to be impossible. we will finds out in just a few short weeks. temporary seating is being put into place for added capacity during the world cup but it's little more than scaffolding right now. ground level they are still moving earth perhaps symbolic of the heavy lifting still needed to be done. on the same day he was in south palo the 32-year-old construction worker was killed, electrocuted while working on the unfinished stadium bringing to 8 the number of workers killed in construction world cup stadium projects. in south palo fans of the football club, the team that will call this home after the

world cup remain optimistic. >> translator: certainly the stadium is ready. i've been following the construction progress since the place was an empty field, i'm confident. >> we only need to finish the exterior and i think lit be done in ten days. it's only the finishing that remains despite scenes like this they are hoping their predictions are true and come the opening match any delays will not matter. gabrielle with al jazeera and south palo. >> the president dropped his biggest hint yet he will run for a fifth term as president of football's world governing body and he has been there since 1998 he told a paper my mandate ended but my mission is not finished and he was reelected in 2012 after running unopposed but previously said this would be his last term. elections will be held on june 2015. our correspondent lee weldings

have been reporting on this for several years and joins us live from london and clear this up for us, lee, is this official, is he really going to run? >> it's not official yet, that is the point we expect in a month's time in front of congress where he has a lot of support in brazil. he wants to make it official. he wants it occur he is going for a fifth term next year but this is reported as the swiss media and further than before and surprising he has gone so far in front of swiss executives at a meeting and he has come out and he is really talking about my mandate certainly coming to its end but my mission is not yet complete and we can take from that this samantha wants the fifth term and taking him to the age of 83 but we should be cautious as well and it's not much further than before when in february he says i'm in good health and don't think i should stop the work about the consolidation. this is a man for sometime changed his tune. originally the fourth term was going to be his last one and now

it really looks like he wants to carry on, it's just not official yet. >> we will keep an eye on the story and lee is live from new york, thank you. the first round of the nfl draft took place on thursday in new york with teams finally able to sign the best college players ahead of the new season. >> the houston texas selects crowning. >> reporter: he was the first over all pick and as expected the university of china has been building was selected by the houston texas who finished with the worst record and have the first pick of round two which is later on friday. but the biggest came near the end of day one when manzel was the best in the draft and the player had to wait three hours before being selected by the cleveland browns as the 22nd overall pick.

san antonio spurs beat the trailblazers for 2-1 in the nba series and the heat tied a franchise record winning an 8th went and beat them 94-82 and chris scored 18 points but lebron james was the top scorer with 22 and the heat lead the series 2-0. >> we don't really care who score and put guys in the position to succeed at the highest level and have five guys in double figures tonight so the ball is moving. you know, didn't have as many as szest -- assists as we would like but the ball is moving and the guys are in great rhythm. >> around one of the golf championship and the german tied the record in sawgrass with nine under par round of 63, he has a 2-shot lead at the tournament which at $10 million has the sport biggest prize fund and

bubba watson is three under and west wood among the pack and is 5 under. 8 time grand slam champion andre agassi is tennis all time player and he has been proving his worth and he goes to the quarter finals and for a record fourth title and advanced in straight sets. the new oust door athletic season officially gets underway in doho on friday and it will be a home coming and the first international athletic gold metalist and despite the achievement the coach says he is still struggling to find sponsors and richard par reports. >> reporter: limbering up for the new outdoor athletic season, high jumper is getting ready to compete in his home of doha once

again but this time as the world indoor champion. >> i competed in the hometown and knowing they would be behind you, the family, the friends so it's a good feeling, that is your competing home. >> reporter: have already claimed an olympic bronze and world championship silver the gold came in march in poland and the sports club is where the 2014 diamond league season begins. in arabic the name means pride and that is the emotion that the fans here in doha have towards the young high jumper. >> it goes without saying the proudness of us is indefinite. he is our son. he is our kid. and we are happy that he is doing something for his country and for himself. >> reporter: parts of the 22-year-old coach believes cata as a country should be giving more support. >> no sports for cata and he is

clean. no one wants to help him with money, with pushing, with like this. world champion, only he is world champion in cata. no company in cata, they have money for athletic and football and everything is football but he is a champion. >> reporter: career was launch at the sports center aspire and since graduating he credits his resent taste of success to his close relationship with his coach. >> like a father to me. like a father to son and not as a coach. we spend most time together in the track, outside the track and going to different stuff and he is like a teacher for me. >> reporter: the hero is may home -- mohamed and he wants to break the world record and if he does that he will really live up to the slogan on his shirt, richard with al jazeera.

>> there is more sport on the website and there is details there of how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. that's all your sport for now laura and back to you. >> thanks indeed and we are getting news from the reuters news agent that vladimir putin arrived in crimea and this was part of ukraine and recently annexed by mosco and the german chancellor is warning against it and it's a significant day for russia today and putin traveled from the victory day pictures and praise that you can see now in moscow where they have roles in defeating fasicism. they found an exercise plan they say can help hundreds of millions of type two diabetes

suff sufferers. and we explain. >> reporter: 300 million people in the world suffer from type two diabetes and they have trouble regulating levels of insulin. that is a hormone that provides energy to cells. this in turn effects sugar levels in the blood and body weight and exercise is an important part of managing the condition and the typical recommendation is at least 30 minutes of exercise each day. now a study revealed exactly how that exercise can be most effective. researchers at tiger university tracked blood sugar levels during different intensitys and duration of walking exercise and some days the subjects did 30 minutes of moderate intensity walking before dinner and other days six-one minute burst of high intensity exercise each day, a half an hour before each mile and high intensity bursts reduced blood glucose by 12%

across the entire day. activated by exercise, the muscles appeared to better absorb sugar in the blood. >> we have a meal and we have blood sugar and go up and the muscle which is a very large tissue in the body, that is able to take that glucose up and keep the blood glucose down and under control for a period of hours after the exercise. >> reporter: athletes have long timed their exercise and eating to maximize their absorption of sugars and studies showed the same principle works when applied to people with type two diabetes. research team is looking at other forms of exercise and also the long-term effect of different workouts. they say that the findings under score the importance of the timing and intensity of exercise and should be considered especially by those suffering more vulnerable to type two diabetes. >> and that is it for me in doha

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